Monday 29th September 2014

C.H.A.R.M Visit

 Clover and Merle came to play with Mollie and Jake this morning, then we all headed out for the L.Z visit to "The Conflict, History, and Remembrance Museum" which is based on the site of the old Tank Museum.

It was a really fun trip with lots to see. We had a guided tour of the museum and went for a ride in a tank. 

Afterwards we had tea and cake back at our house with some of our friends.

Friday 26th September 2014

Conversations at Lunch

Over lunch we discussed what the sky is made of Charlie said the atmosphere which consists of O2, Mollie said she saw a programme that said it's made of little tiny round blue things that you can't see, I suggested they might be called molecules and she agreed. This led on to a discussion about the things we couldn't live without: trees that provide oxygen , bees and water were a few we came up with. Mollie then quizzed Charlie on some maths questions, he then did 30 mins of his maths homework - percentages which he's really enjoying at the moment before we headed out to riding .

Riding

Charlie and Moll went on their first hack today. Jake and I followed on foot.

Monday 22nd September 2014

Certificates!

Jacob got his Gold Certificate for completing the Year 6, Number 1 section in Conquer Maths with an average of 95% !

Mollie got her Gold Certificate for completing the Reception, Number 2 section in Conquer Maths with an average of 99% !

New Clothes for the boys!

 Charlie and Jake's new winter clothes arrived! Moll just can't understand their idea of  modeling them.

Saturday 20th September 2014

Barbecue at Fort Vic

This afternoon we had a barbecue at Fort Vic to celebrate Nanny's 70th birthday, Uncle John, Aunty Sharon and Grace came down for the afternoon to surprise her !!

 

Jacob (Moll's photography)

Moll (Jake's photography)

Friday 19th September 2014

Trip to A&E

Moll and I had a trip to A and E to get her nose checked out - she woke up this morning with a headache and feeling sick. The doctor said her nose could be broken but they don't like to X-ray children's faces and they wouldn't do anything even if it is broken (Shan told us this last night when we were considering taking her when we got home so we decided to keep a close eye on her and let her get some well needed sleep). She's got to be careful and get lots of rest.

Riding

Mollie was very sad that she wasn't able to ride this afternoon because of her nose injury, but  we still had to take Charlie so she at least got to see Georgie. Charlie rode Molly (the horse) again and did very well, the course was a little more tricky this week.

Thursday 18th September 2014

Corf Camp

We spent the afternoon at IWLZ camp at Corf, we would have loved to stay and camp but our old tent finally gave up the ghost at Parkhurst last year. Hopefully by next year we'll have a Bell Tent. We all had a lovely relaxing time despite poor Mollie running into a log barrier - she now has a very swollen and bruised nose!

Mollie and Friends

Girl's having fun down at the the creek - we forgot Moll's cossie so she borrowed Clover's old ballet dress.

Wednesday 17th September 2014

Butter Making

Mollie, Jake and I had a go at making butter in the blender today, it turned out pretty well.

Our ingredients.

Into the blender.

Blending

Turning into butter.

Squeezing out the buttermilk.

Done but not looking very appetizing.

Molding

Ready for spreading on bread.

The left over buttermilk.